Grant Swift

Introduction: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SENDING AN INQUIRY. Thumbtack automatically charges professionals up to $65 to receive a message, so please send serious inquiries only. Thank you! My minimum rate for a 1 hour event within ~30 miles of NYC is $300. Otherwise my rate is ~$225/hour. Formal events are $325/hour with a $500 minimum. Additional travel/lodging, and special song arrangements not in my repertoire also carry a higher rate. I require a 50% deposit in order to reserve your date - I cannot hold a date without a deposit. Thank you! Grant Swift is a highly acclaimed vocalist and guitarist, fluently covering R&B, Rock, Soul, Folk, Pop, Jazz and Classical. His repertoire of over 450 works contains everything from Pachelbel to Queen, Frank Sinatra to Ed Sheeran. Swift doesn't use backing tracks. Some looper pedal magic helps to fill out the sound for medium to large venues. HuffPost called his former musical project one of "5 Must-See Indie Summer Concerts in NYC." His versatility has him performing weddings, galas, and corporate events in venues as diverse as concert halls, restaurants, and steamboats. Clients have included Dior, Audi North America, The New York Yacht Club, Time Out New York, and Hudson Yards. Biography: Swift is a New York City boy and the son of a preacher. Born in Manhattan, formed in the tri-state, and educated in the Bronx, he currently hails from Brooklyn. By deploying his eclectic training in Baroque and Classical music and drawing deftly from the palette of the R&B, Psychedelic Rock, Jazz, and Pop he played growing up, Swift crafts music that “brilliantly recreates a modern mashup sound" (Impose). While studying at Fordham University, Swift served as the Music Director of ICCA Semi-Finalists, The Fordham Ramblers (Fordham University’s original all-male acapella group.) As he earned a full double major BA in Music Composition and Philosophy, Swift’s characteristically intricate vocal arrangements led the group to their first Quarterfinal placement. Swift is one half of the acoustic duo Mac/Glidden, and with longtime songwriting partner Andy McCarthy, wrote, performed and engineered Mac/Glidden’s debut psychedelic-folk-rock album, Fall Into The Dark, (2017.) Their music video for the song “Mountains,” directed and animated by lauded sculptor / filmmaker Laurie Berenhaus, was an official selection at Sidewalk Film Festival, Indie Memphis Fest, and Leeds International Film Festival, among others. That year they had the great honor of being invited by the late, prodigious, two-time Emmy Award winning Music Director for Saturday Night Live, Katreese Barnes to perform in her home for her live stream concert series, Welcome 2 My House. Barnes wrote orchestral arrangements of Mac/Glidden songs for the concert and provided a full backing band. Barnes said, “Mac/Glidden are keepers of the classic Music flame. It was a pleasure to work with them.”